News archive from 27 July 2015

BLACK Watch and Intelligence Service veteran Brian Stewart's book on spying lay on the stocks for many years until academic Samantha Newbery interviewed him as part of her doctoral research.
WHY SPY?
BY BRIAN STEWART & SAMANTHA NEWBERY
Hurst...

Pinsent Masons, the global legal firm, is taking a majority stake in a cloud computing business which it helped launch two years ago.
The investment will result in Cerico relocating to Pinsent Masons’ offices in Glasgow, while all residual rights in...

Legal firm Brodies said its lawyers have been "busier than ever" despite the tough economic backdrop and upheaval elsewhere in the profession as it reported double-digit growth in revenues.
The Edinburgh-based firm, which has offices in...

a SCHEME which encourages employers to recruit and retain young workers has received top marks one year after its launch.
Research by the University of Glasgow has revealed that all of the Scottish businesses which have received Investors in Young...

And the Arsenal boss claims Walcott is just as much in the dark as he is when it comes to his most effective berth.
Walcott grabbed the winner yesterday as Arsenal beat Wolfsburg 1-0 in the final of the annual pre-season tournament, the Emirates Cup....

The unhappy Argentine star is due to undergo a medical with French giants Paris St-Germain today in New York, ahead of a £46m move.
Manchester United boss Van Gaal refused to talk about Di Maria or explain his no-show in the States after Saturday's...

The England boss was upset to discover chief executive Martin Glenn had revealed on Saturday that no talks were planned until AFTER Euro 2016.
Glenn insisted Hodgson was “very happy” with the situation while warning he would have to up his game at the...

Three decades ago, Ove Joensen decided to row 900 miles (1,450km) across the North Sea from his home in the Faroe Islands to Denmark. He didn't make it on his first attempt, but in the end his persistence paid off.
Nolsoy is a small, remote island...

Tate Modern will next year present shows devoted to two giants of 20th-century art, the American artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Robert Rauschenberg.
Announcing its 2016 programme, Tate also revealed that the works of Francis Bacon will be on display at...

Nearly half of all EU doctors who sought work in the UK in the past year were turned away because they failed to prove their English was good enough, the medical regulator has revealed.
In all, 779 doctors – 45% of those who applied – did not give...

David Cameron is set to meet President Joko Widodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday at the start of an overseas tour. Among the objectives of the trip are a number of trade deals, deeper counter-terrorism co-operation and the underlining of Cameron’s...

MI5 was twice refused warrants to carry out covert surveillance by Theresa Villiers, the Northern Ireland secretary, it has been revealed.
The watchdog that oversees the running of MI5, the intelligence services commissioner (ISC), said the cabinet...

Young children are to learn Mandarin through a programme which is being extended to primary schools for the first time.
An extra 21 Confucius Classrooms are being created in Scotland to teach primary pupils one of the most widely spoken languages in...

Small-business leaders have called for an alternative to Operation Stack – the system for letting lorries queue on the M20 in Kent when cross-Channel traffic is disrupted – saying it is hurting the economy.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)...

Argos is to become the first big UK retailer to offer customers the chance to trade-in their unwanted mobile handsets as part of a new recycling initiative.
The service, which is being offered in conjunction with the “circular economy” firm Wrap, will...